Former FILA President loses CAS appeal to stop Moscow Congress
By Duncan Mackay
May 10 - A late attempt by former International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) head Raphaël Martinetti to nullify the election of acting President Nenad Lalović and stop the world governing body from meeting in Moscow on May 18 has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
May 10 - A late attempt by former International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles (FILA) head Raphaël Martinetti to nullify the election of acting President Nenad Lalović and stop the world governing body from meeting in Moscow on May 18 has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
April 24 - Wellington Miller has been re-elected President of the Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC), defeating opponent Larry Wilson by ten votes to three.
May 10 - Triathlon Ireland have begun their search for new disabled competitors as the sport gets set to make its Paralympic debut at Rio in 2016.
May 10 - Turkish city Adana has been confirmed as the host city of the as under-23 wheelchair basketball men's World Championship by International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) President Maureen Orchard after apparent "problems" with the host city were solved.
May 8 - Chilean city Temuco have expressed their happiness at being awarded the hosting rights to the 2013 International Rugby Board (IRB) Junior World Rugby Trophy after stepping in as hosts at short notice.
May 11 - Britain's London 2012 bronze medallist Jonathan Brownlee made a roaring comeback at the International Triathlon Union (ITU) World Series in Yokohama, brushing aside Spain's Javier Gomez to take victory.
May 10 - Astana Arlans Kazakhstan secured a narrow 3-2 lead on home turf against Ukraine Otamans on a ferocious first day of the World Series of Boxing finals.
May 10 - Scottish WBO lightweight world champion Ricky Burns has joined a growing list of British stars showing support for Glasgow's bid to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games as he prepares to defend his world title against unbeaten Puerto Rican fighter José González at the city's Emirates Arena tomorrow.
May 11 - Dahlan al Hamad, President of the Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF), will seek to take over the Presidency of the Asian Athletics Association (AAA) this year from the disgraced Indian Suresh Kalmadi, in order to set in motion a series of profound reforms in the region.
May 11 - Boxing could lose over £10.4 million ($17.9 million/€12.8 million) of its funding in the lead up to the Rio 2016 Olympics due to the escalating row between the ruling body - the British Amateur Boxing Association (BABA) - and the Scottish Amateur Boxing Association.
May 10 - Bernard Lapasset, chairman of the International Rugby Board (IRB), today laid out his plans for if he is elected the new President of the SportAccord later this month.
May 9 - A Navy Lieutenant who lost his vision in Afghanistan two years ago and then went on to win two gold medals at last year's Paralympics in London has been chosen by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) to be the honorary torchbearer for the Opening Ceremony of the 2013 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs on Saturday (May 11), it has been announced.
May 10 - The 2013 IAAF Diamond League got off to a flying start on a warm and balmy night here with a sequence of 11 world-leading performances, highlighted by a characteristically graceful victory by Kenya's Olympic and world 800 metres champion David Rudisha.
May 10 - David Cameron has said today that Britain will temporarily restore its cooperation with the Russian security services to help the nation ensure that the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics and Paralympics go ahead safely.
May 10 - Moya Dodd has received full backing from Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Sports Minister Kate Lundy as she goes for a seat on FIFA's ruling Executive Committee ahead of the election at the end of this month, Football Federation Australia (FFA) confirmed today.
